Columbia or Penn, seek advice from current students

[dentister]

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I've concluded some comparisions of these two schools. Please advise,

Penn:

Better overall clinical training.
Better life and living condition. (I've heard many concerns from Columbia students where they had no life in their first two years, writing paper and reading everyday, learning not-so-useful material, cannot explore NYC.... I'm not afraid of challenge but don't wanna be overstressed. This might actually be my biggest concern)
Next to undergraduate campus.
Better professor and student communication.

Columbia:

Less expensive.
Smaller class size.
Seemingly better global recognition. (More people know Columbia than Penn, internationally. I don’t know why this is listed here …)

If you know about the specialization rate comparison bet. these two schools, or how Penn and Columbia graduates are doing, please contribute here as I know there are quite a few of people here were accepted to the two very similar systems.

 

[Slash]

(More people know Columbia than Penn, internationally. I don’t why this is listed here …)

This should hardly be a concern for you, and frankly, Harvard is the school that most would probably know internationally. But who cares. It's you that matters.